Project Gutenberg 2011-11-18 Public domain in the USA. 338 Marsh, Richard 1857 1915 Heldman, Richard Bernard Heldmann, Bernard A Duel Produced by Charles Bowen, from page scans provided by Google Books "A Duel" by Richard Marsh is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story begins with Isabel discovering the harsh realities of her marriage to Gregory Lamb shortly after their honeymoon, revealing deep financial struggles and the revelations about her husband’s deceit. As tensions rise, Isabel's desperation leads her to make impulsive decisions, ultimately finding herself in an unexpected marriage with a dying man named Cuthbert Grahame, who she believed would be dead shortly after their union. The opening of the book finds Isabel grappling with the shattering news from her husband’s mother, revealing their dire financial circumstances and prompting her to seek freedom from an unfulfilling marriage. In a moment of impulsivity, she steals money from her landlady and attempts to leave but injures her ankle, ultimately being rescued by a doctor. This leads her to Cuthbert Grahame’s bedside, where she is presented with an outrageous proposal to marry him in order to secure a financial inheritance, which she reluctantly accepts. This initial twist sets the stage for a story that explores themes of desperation, marriage, and cunning survival as Isabel navigates her complex new reality of being a wife to an ailing man. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Inheritance and succession -- Fiction Bigamy -- Fiction Murder -- Fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 604311 2025-08-15T11:44:12.959042 text/html 608452 2021-01-08T07:40:10 text/html 273744 2025-08-15T11:44:22.048476 application/epub+zip 284019 2025-08-15T11:44:15.351527 application/epub+zip 284019 2025-08-15T11:44:13.934032 application/epub+zip 474631 2025-08-15T11:44:26.829458 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 435568 2025-08-15T11:44:21.019485 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 415451 2022-09-17T11:39:47.740060 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 525683 2025-08-15T11:44:10.945048 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 525552 2021-01-08T07:40:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 525545 2021-01-08T07:40:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20606 2025-08-15T11:44:26.977451 application/rdf+xml 8239 2025-08-15T11:44:14.486021 image/jpeg 2236 2025-08-15T11:44:14.224011 image/jpeg 196221 2021-01-08T07:40:10 application/octet-stream application/zip 203393 2021-01-08T07:40:10 application/octet-stream application/zip 196178 2021-01-08T07:40:10 application/octet-stream application/zip 260626 2025-08-15T11:44:13.004020 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia